The elaborate wristband system for the three day festival. I think they gave up on it by the end of day two. |
Snäggletooth was the main reason I showed up for the first day. I wanted to thank them in person for giving me an unreleased song for my Singapore podcast. |
Deck had a compulsion to kill his kick drum/pedal in the middle of Mass Separation's set. Didn't stop playing til the song was over, because he's a pro and a beast. A beast pro. |
...I was asked to take this photo for some reason. |
The extremely technical mixing board set up. |
Some of these kids were sleeping outside the venue. Didn't seem bothered by the heat or the bugs. Booze helped, I think. |
Yuss from Tools of the Trade was working the outdoor fry station all day. Somehow managed to not get cigarette ash in anyone's food. |
Saturday belonged to Crutches. Fun fact: they had an actual crutch with them. |
Kerry from Atomicdeath was picked up (against his will) and carried around during Crutches' set. |
This one random white dude (with the red shirt) seemed to exist only to jump on the backs of band members while they played. I will judo throw any idiot who does that to me at a gig (and have). |
Nobeat from XCrimesceneX was the MC/announcer. He's wearing the Proletar shirt I bought when I saw them last year, which is about 2 sizes to small for me (and still somehow a Malaysian "large"). I told Nobeat I'd trade it for a Crimescene shirt. |
xSaxonx are a UK punk band who share a name with a famous metal band, and didn't seem to know (or care). They dedicated a song to kids wearing denim vests, before realizing that there were only a few in attendance. And for some reason they played both Saturday and Sunday. Just baffling. |
I don't think I've seen W.I.D.B. play with the same line-up twice, but one thing never changes: That gorilla mask is awesome. |
There were lots of kids running around outside Sunday afternoon. |
Tiong from Tools played drums for this band, which may or may not be called Reconstruction. At this point in the game, four bands is really all I can handle in a single day. Drained by the humidity and a line-up of mostly interchangeable hardcore bands (not to mention the shock of watching Anderson Silva break his leg earlier in the day), I decided I would call it quits after Scum Raid played. |
Love and rockers. This is my favourite photo from the entire week-end. Just adorable. |
For some reason my photos went all soft-focus for Scum Raid's drummer. Maybe it was because Rumah Api was disgustingly humid by that point, or maybe she just has that effect on cameras. |
...it was that kind of weekend. |